Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Don Scorgie]

Hi,

At work, I use Emacs 22.1 on a Windows XP system [1].  I have a vertical
panel.

When I maximise emacs (using the button in the top-right), it doesn't
behave like a maximised window, instead it behaves as if the window has
been resized to fill the screen (somewhat)

Some of the behaviour witnessed:
 * It is possible to move the window around like a normal window.  Other
windows can act like this, but have a little resistance to moving them.
Emacs doesn't.
 * Sometimes, it seems the window misjudges the size of the desktop and
position of the toolbar.  This normally results in the window having a
small gap at the bottom of the screen, showing the background and some
of the window getting hidden behind the panel
 * When minimising and returning (or switching virtual desktop [2]), the
emacs window resizes itself to pretty random sizes.

Hope (any of) this is useful.  If you need any further info, please let
me know and I'll try and help.

Thanks
Don

[1] It's for a good cause, honest.
[2] Using either Virtual Dimension
(http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net/) or the microsoft virtual
desktop thing that's part of their PowerToys.  Hey, if I'm stuck using
Windows, I've got to have some UNIX comforts ;)

Re: Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Jason Rumney]

Don Scorgie wrote:
> When I maximise emacs (using the button in the top-right), it doesn't
> behave like a maximised window, instead it behaves as if the window has
> been resized to fill the screen (somewhat)
>   
Currently Emacs has a restriction that its frames must be an integer
number of characters (in the default face) wide and high. So true
maximization is not possible.

>  * Sometimes, it seems the window misjudges the size of the desktop and
> position of the toolbar.  This normally results in the window having a
> small gap at the bottom of the screen, showing the background and some
> of the window getting hidden behind the panel
>   

There have been changes since 22.1 which might improve this.

>  * When minimising and returning (or switching virtual desktop [2]), the
> emacs window resizes itself to pretty random sizes.
>   

I don't see this. But it might have been fixed by the same changes as above.

Re: Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Don Scorgie wrote:
>> When I maximise emacs (using the button in the top-right), it doesn't
>> behave like a maximised window, instead it behaves as if the window has
>> been resized to fill the screen (somewhat)
>>   
> Currently Emacs has a restriction that its frames must be an integer
> number of characters (in the default face) wide and high. So true
> maximization is not possible.

The patched version of EmacsW32 (see EmacsWiki.org for more information) 
allows maximization. There are some minor glitches, but I have seen no 
big trouble with it.

Re: Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Richard Stallman]

    > When I maximise emacs (using the button in the top-right), it doesn't
    > behave like a maximised window, instead it behaves as if the window has
    > been resized to fill the screen (somewhat)
    >   
    Currently Emacs has a restriction that its frames must be an integer
    number of characters (in the default face) wide and high. So true
    maximization is not possible.

We would like someone to remove this limitation in general.
Not just for the purpose of maximizing the frame.

Re: Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     > When I maximise emacs (using the button in the top-right), it doesn't
>     > behave like a maximised window, instead it behaves as if the window has
>     > been resized to fill the screen (somewhat)
>     >   
>     Currently Emacs has a restriction that its frames must be an integer
>     number of characters (in the default face) wide and high. So true
>     maximization is not possible.
> 
> We would like someone to remove this limitation in general.
> Not just for the purpose of maximizing the frame.


FYI: I think when we last wrote about it that Kim said he was not sure
that everything in the display code was ready for this yet.

Re: Emacs 22.1 on Windows XP

[Richard Stallman]

    At work, I use Emacs 22.1 on a Windows XP system [1].

    [1] It's for a good cause, honest.

Unless you're writing a free replacement for Windows,
you really ought to stop using it.

However, I hope the people who maintain Emacs on Windows
will look at your bug report.